Dutch registered General Cargo Ship Alana Evita (IMO 9356529, GT 2281, 2009) seen unloading at Salford docks yesterday. She was a welcome and rare visitor to the docks, although quite a few ships transit the Manchester Ship Canal as far as Trafford Wharf not many actually make it all the way into the actual old dock complex.Her cargo appeared to be silos which were being unloaded by a pair of cranes onto waste land adjacent to the Media City complex.She is powered by a Wartsila 8L20 (1440kW) engine and is one of two vessels owned by De Jonge Maritime, a Dutch company based in Emmer-Compascuum who operate world-wide. Alana Evita is named after the daughter of Gerhard and Andrea de Jonge who are the founders of the company. Alana Evita is currently trading for Royal Wagenborg Shipping in Delfzijl, The Netherlands.

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My interest in ships and the sea started back in 2006 when I worked for a couple of years on the banks of the River Mersey. I have since been on a couple of cruises around the Med and in the Far East and have started to take more interest in researching and photographing some of the ships and other vessels seen on my travels.